adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
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From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading You are withering away like the dead hands that wove you.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
brilliantadjectiveUS /ˈbrɪljənt/
of surpassing excellence
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
colorsnounUS /ˈkʌlərz/
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
comeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
dancingnounUS /ˈdænsɪŋ/
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
daysnounUS /deɪz/
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
deadadjectiveUS /ded/
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading You are withering away like the dead hands that wove you.
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you ever think of those dead hands?
enviousadjectiveUS /ˈenviəs/
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
everadverbUS /ˈevər/
at any time
From this reading Do you ever think of those dead hands?
fadingnounUS /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/
weakening in force or intensity
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
fastadverbUS /fæst/
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
firelightnoun
the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
freshadjectiveUS /freʃ/
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
friendnounUS /frend/
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
glisteningadjectiveUS /ˈɡlɪsənɪŋ/
reflecting light
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
gnawedverbUS /nɔːd/
past form of “gnaw” — bite or chew on with the teeth
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/
destroyed or killed
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
gorgeousadjectiveUS /ˈɡɔːrdʒəs/
dazzlingly beautiful
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
graynounUS /ɡreɪ/
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
growingnounUS /ˈɡroʊɪŋ/
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
grownadjectiveUS /ɡroʊn/
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
handsnounUS /hændz/
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading You are withering away like the dead hands that wove you.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
likeverbUS /laɪk/
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading You are withering away like the dead hands that wove you.
liliesnounUS /ˈlɪliz/
plural of “lily” — any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
ManyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
mothsnounUS /mɔːθs/
plural of “moth” — typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
nowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Do you ever think of those dead hands?
oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
personagenoun
another word for person; a person not meriting identification
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
playedadjectiveUS /pleɪd/
(of games) engaged in
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
rosesnounUS /ˈroʊzɪz/
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
sadadjectiveUS /sæd/
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
screennounUS /skriːn/
a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
sheennounUS /ʃiːn/
the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
silkenadjectiveUS /ˈsɪlkən/
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
stemnounUS /stem/
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
summernounUS /ˈsʌmər/
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You are withering away like the dead hands that wove you.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
thenadverbUS /ðen/
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
thinkverbUS /θɪŋk/
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Do you ever think of those dead hands?
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Do you ever think of those dead hands?
threadsnounUS /θredz/
informal terms for clothing
From this reading Your brilliant colors are fast fading now, and the envious moths have gnawed your silken threads.
tulipsnounUS /ˈtuːləps/
plural of “tulip” — any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
winternounUS /ˈwɪntər/
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Many a summer and winter have come and gone since then, my friend, and you have played with the dancing firelight until you have grown sad and gray.
witheringadjectiveUS /ˈwɪðərɪŋ/
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
From this reading You are withering away like the dead hands that wove you.
woveverbUS /woʊv/
inflected form of “weave” — interlace by or as if by weaving
From this reading You are withering away like the dead hands that wove you.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
youngadjectiveUS /jʌŋ/
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ah, old screen, what a gorgeous personage you must have been in your young days, when the tulips and roses and lilies (all growing from one stem) were fresh in their glistening sheen!
